Updates from focus leads and component maintainers

The REST API team posted a summary from their last meeting covering decisions around `register_meta()` and documentation. Decisions are being made so if lead devs or component maintainers have input then please take the time to review and join the discussion. Many thanks to those who’ve joined the component lately, some important stuff has been getting closed out. #43998 is a priority and current needs a patch.

The Gutenberg team released v2.8, continue to iterate on regular releases, and thank everyone involved.

The PHP team posted recaps from their last twomeetings covering Servehappy, PHP version requirements for plugins & themes, and the PHP upgrade page.

General announcements

@mikeschinkel: looking for input on #12955, its 8 years old but has recent discussions that could use feedback so those interested in contributing take the best approach

Next meeting

The next meeting will take place on May 16, 2018 at 20:00 UTC / May 16, 2018 at 20:00 UTC in the #core Slack channel. Please feel free to drop in with any updates or questions. If you have items to discuss but cannot make the meeting, please leave a comment on this post so that we can take them into account.